Dastyari says extremism sparked by 'rise of Trumps and Hansons' after attack

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Senator Sam Dastyari has responded to being racially abused in a Melbourne pub by urging Australians to call out extremism which he says is sparked by the 'rise of Donald Trumps and Pauline Hansons of this world’.

UpdatedUpdated 10 November 2017

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Natasha Christian

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In the hours after he was called a 'terrorist' at a Melbourne pub, Labor senator Sam Dastyari has used the attack to call out right-wing extremism in Australia.

"Extremism needs to be called out wherever it is, be it on left or right side of politics," he told SBS News on Thursday.

"There's certainly been an increase in extremist groups on the right, in the past few years. Frankly, it's attributable to the rise of the Donald Trumps and Pauline Hansons of this world."